William Stafford
William Stafford
Prolific American poet and 1970 U.S. Poet Laureate who won the National Book Award for Traveling Through the Dark. His numerous other works include In the Clock of Reason, Brother Wind, Passwords, and Wyoming Circuit.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 January 1914
CountryUnited States of America
common heroes home locate ourselves time
It is time for all the heroes to go home if they have any, time for all of us common ones to locate ourselves by the real things we live by.
ocean roll wash
The ocean and I have many pebblesTo find and wash off and roll into shape.
face life slant takes
They tell how it was, and how timecame along, and how it happenedagain and again. They tellthe slant life takes when it turnsand slashes your face as a friend.
again came face happened life slant takes time turns
They tell how it was, and how time came along, and how it happened again and again. They tell the slant life takes when it turns and slashes your face as a friend.
area following god home kindness miss others pattern prevail wrong
If you don't know the kind of person I amand I don't know the kind of person you area pattern that others made may prevail in the worldand following the wrong god home we may miss our star.
encourage good ways
If you have things right in your lifebut do not know why,you are just lucky, and you will not movein the little ways that encourage good fortune.
gain led pure time
We are led one thing at a time to that pure gain -- all that we lose.
american-poet
I'll be me, but I don't like it.
american-poet people starts
I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop?
dream fire matter save somewhere
When I dream at night, they save a place for me,no matter how small, somewhere by the fire.
dream matter save somewhere
When I dream at night, they save a place for me, no matter how small, somewhere by the fire.
art father lick
Our Father Who art in Heavencan lick their Father Who art in Heaven.
butterfly discovery embrace emerging experience
I embrace emerging experience.I participate in discovery.I am a butterfly.I am not a butterfly collector.I want the experience of the butterfly.
hidden name touch william
My name is William Tell:when little oppressions touch mearrows hidden in my cloakwhisper, "Ready, ready.